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BusinessWeek's Gene Marcial got his Microsoft and Yahoo sources to talk, but they didn't say very much. "Something will definitely happen soon," Marcial quotes "one of the people involved in solving Yahoo's conundrum." Marcial writes that sources say Microsoft still wants to buy Yahoo outright, although its also considering purchasing just Yahoo's search business. More sources say that if a Microsoft-Yahoo full buyout doesn't happen, Yahoo will outsource search to Google. That deal could be exclusive or it could be non-exclusive, sources tell him. In short, Marcial and BusinessWeek report nothing new. But don't let that stop BusinessWeek from featuring an air-brushed image of the silver fox in his pinstriped suit and silver tie on its home page. No, really. Don't let it. Rowr.